Kerala State Electricity Board

Chief minister Oommen Chandy on 23-03-2013 inaugurated Labha Prabha, an energy conservation scheme of the state electricity board, by joining it.The scheme, launched as part of promotion of energy conservation practices among domestic consumers, offer cash incentives and a number of other prizes. While Chandy took a resolve to bring down the power consumption at his official residence here, power minister Aryadan Muhammed enrolled himself in the scheme to slash the energy consumption at his Nilambur house.

According to the scheme, consumers interested in joining the drive will have to register themselves by sending an SMS to the number, 9287088808, in the following format: KSEB (space) section code (space) consumer number. The consumer will get a message in reply, indicating his/her average consumption. The KSEB would also guide the consumer in the procedures to participate in the drive and provide information on how to reduce energy consumption. The information on prize won by each consumer will also be sent via SMS. The scheme will be in force from March 23 to May 31.

Industrial users of electricity in the state have raised objection to the Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) and Expected Revenue from Charges (ERC) petition of Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) for 2013 - 2014. They also complain that the board is lazy in increasing the production capacity.

With power crisis looming large over the kerala state, the Varappuzha panchayat office seems to be moving on the right track. The panchayat is all set to power its office exclusively on solar panels. Union Minister of State for Food and Public Distribution K V Thomas said Rs 22 lakh has been sanctio...

The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is taking its first tentative steps into the futuristic world of the 'Smart Metering' by rolling out a pilot scheme among its Low Tension (Industrial) category consumers. Testing the waters, the KSEB is looking at how it can improve metering electricity cons...

The State government will not privatise the power distribution system of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), Power Minister Aryadan Mohammed has said. Replying to a notice for an adjournment motion given by A.K. Balan in the Assembly on 18-02-2013 on the bid to privatise the power distributio...

The Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) expects to start work on a 2-MW solar power plant at Kuzhalmannam in Palakkad this year. ANERT director M. Jayaraju told The Hindu on Saturday that the plant, estimated to cost Rs.24 crore, would come up on 13 acres. "The powe...

An earthquake-alert system that will instantaneously communicate the gravity of the tremors to disaster management officials is being set up by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) in Idukki district, where it has its largest reservoir. The KSEB now has earthquake-monitoring stations at six far...

The young technology-driven new brigade of entrepreneurs, powered by ideas, will now chip in with their innovations and solutions to help power-starved Kerala improve the energy situation and pitch the State as a thought-leader in the country. Kochi-based Startup Village, fast emerging as the world'...

The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) does not expect the ongoing restrictions in consumption to help it much in bridling the galloping demand for energy in the State. The overall power demand has gathered a new forward momentum in the State, because of increasing economic activity and changing ...

People of Kerala receive yet another blow in the form of undeclared power outages. The KSE Board has come up with a confidential decision to impose undeclared load sheddings when the people are already affected with the government decision to hike power tariff.

Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed has said the government is committed to sourcing electricity from all available sources of power generation at any cost for ensuring hassle-free power supply in the State, even as the State is facing acute crisis in the power sector as a result of steep hike in ...